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What’s Up with the WAM/BRIDGE PIPELINE Partnership?

September 29, 2019

Kristen van Ginhoven, Producing Artistic Director, WAM Theatre and Gwendolyn VanSant, CEO and Founding Director, BRIDGE, have written the following…

PARADISE playwright Laura Maria Censabella in conversation with director Talya Kingston

September 16, 2019

[button link=”https://www.wamtheatre.com/paradise/” newwindow=”yes”] Read More[/button] [button link=”https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_293457d8-c082-11e6-bb7f-024e165d44b3&WidgetId=192512″ newwindow=”yes”] Buy Tickets[/button]   PARADISE playwright Laura Maria Censabella (above right) in conversation…

PIPELINE: Why this play? Why here? Why now?

September 12, 2019

by Talya Kingston & Kristen van Ginhoven Why this play? In some ways the answer to these questions is simple…

Casting Announced for Fall Mainstage Production of PIPELINE

September 9, 2019

WAM Partners with BRIDGE on Powerful Play [button link=”https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1013655″ newwindow=”yes”] Buy Tickets[/button] LENOX, MA (September 10, 2019) — Artistic Director…

Creating Ensemble Across Generations: a reflection of WAM Theatre’s intergenerational ensemble process

August 12, 2019

    by Talya Kingston, WAM Associate Artistic Director & Teaching Artist   Over three weeks in July, ten women…

At the Halfway Point, WAM’s 10th Anniversary Season is Making an Impact

August 11, 2019

We invite you to watch this special four minute video made especially by Iin Purwanti Cox and George Cox of OUTPOST…

WAM Announces Beneficiaries for Fall Mainstage Production of PIPELINE

July 29, 2019

LENOX, MA (July 30, 2019) – It was a picture perfect Berkshire evening on Wednesday, July 24, as WAM Theatre…

WAM Ensembles Take “Fractured Dreams” on Berkshire Tour

July 23, 2019

Photo by David Dashiell FRACTURED DREAMS to Debut at July 24 Gala Two Additional Public Performances Announced LENOX, MA (July…

Why We Have a Pride Month by Dori Parkman

July 5, 2019

Note from Kristen: During Pride Month, the WAM Team had in-depth conversations about the intersecting movements we are part of,…

Kristen’s Speech at the June 2019 TCG Artistic Directors’ Summit

June 19, 2019

Teresa Eyring, Executive Director of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and the Artistic Director (AD) Summit Planning Committee for the…

WAM Announces Line-Up for 10th Anniversary Gala July 24

June 4, 2019

WAM THEATRE 10th ANNIVERSARY GALA FEATURES INAUGURAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEEN & ELDER ENSEMBLES Midsummer Cocktail Gala Heads to New Location…

Auditions in the Berkshires & Cambridge MA for PIPELINE

May 29, 2019

You are invited to submit a request to audition for the WAM Theatre/NORA co-production of PIPELINE by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Dawn M….

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THE LIGHT: Artistic Insights

April 8, 2021

THE LIGHT director Colette Robert and actor Elle Borders (who plays Genesis) sat down with WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya…

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WAM Theatre Announces Cast for Reading of THE LIGHT

April 5, 2021

Available for Streaming April 25-May 2 LENOX, MA (April 5, 2021) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce the casting…

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WAM 2020 Annual Report

March 24, 2021

Dear WAMily, Well, 2020, what a year… Despite all of the uphill battles 2020 threw at us, we accomplished an…

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In Solidarity

March 18, 2021

Dear WAMily, All of us at WAM want to acknowledge our heart break at the home-grown terrorism and murder this…

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Online Play Reading of LETTERS TO KAMALA Opens WAM 2021 Season

March 1, 2021

Available for Streaming March 14-21 LENOX, MA (March 2, 2021) — WAM Theatre begins its 12th  season with an Online…

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Three Trailblazing Women

February 28, 2021

In Letters to Kamala, WAM Audiences will have a chance to meet Charlotta Bass, Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink, and Charlene…

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